Wagner, Putin's Shadow Army

The story

Wagner does not exist. At least not officially. However, after months of investigation and for the first time, Alexandra Jousset and Ksenia Bolchakova plunge us into the heart of this secret army. This film is an investigation into the Russian private military company Wagner. Deployed on all the hot spots of the planet. Its thousands of mercenaries are the armed arm of a Russia that dreams of being great again, applying the recipes learned by Vladimir Putin at the KGB: destabilize and disinform.

Cast

M Marat GabidullinSelf V Vladimir PutinSelf (archive footage) R Ruslan LevievSelf, Russian military analyst, Conflict Intelligence Team K Kevin LimonierSelf, associate professor V VasiliSelf, Wagner Group recruiter R RimaSelf, mother of Sergei Makarov C Catherine WeltonSelf, author of 'Putin's People D Denis KorotkovSelf, Novaya Gazeta journalist D Dmitry UtkinSelf (archive footage) J Jean-Serge BokassaSelf, former Minister of the Interior, Central African Republic F Faustin-Archange TouadéraSelf, President of the Central African Republic S SuzanneSelf, mother of four children

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A AhmedSelf, eyewitness for murder committed by Wagner Group S Stanislav DychkoSelf, torture murderer (archive footage) A AdamSelf, gold mining industry whistleblower A Aleksandr RadchenkoSelf, father of murdered Russian investigative journalist M Mikhail KhodorkovskySelf D Didier CastresSelf, French Army General (retired)